Railway-tie and fastener.



. F. OGAREK.

RAILWAY TIE AND FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.24, 1915.

' Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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RAILWAY-TIE AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 24, 1915. Serial No 52,415.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK OGAREK, sub ject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Carteret, in the county of Middlesex andState of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Rail-Ties and Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention rel. tes to certain new and useful improvements in railtie and fastener. The primary object of the invention is the provisionof a metallic tie for railway rails provided with a resilient readilyreleasable rail fastener whereby rails may be readily assembled upon orremoved from the ties of the roadbed. l

A further object of the device is to pro-- vide a serviceable means forremovably retaining rails-upon a metallic tie, the same being easy andinexpensive tomanufacture, the rails being firmly maintained thereonwhen in position although readily released and detached therefromwhenever desired. 2

WVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same con-' sists inthe novel combination and arrange ment of parts hereinafter more fully;described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part ofthis application and in whichlikedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device with the railsoperatively positioned thereon, the rails being shown in verticaltransverse section. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is avertical transverse sectional view through the device at a pointoutwardly of one of the rails. Fig. 4 is a central vertical longitudinalsectional view thereof and, Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the railfastener detached.

In the drawings a hollow metallic railway tie 10 is illustrated adaptedto be firmly mounted upon the roadbed preferably being filled withconcrete tamped therein through a side cutaway portion 11 of the tie.

The rails 12 are positioned in parallel relation upon the upper face 13of the tie and are removably retained thereon in the manner hereinafterset forth, the attaching members being identical for each rail, althoughbeing oppositely positioned. Two

fingers 14: are carried by the tie face 13 for each rail being adaptedfor the ready receptionof the inner'base flange 15 of the rails and in amanner best illustrated in Fig. 4: of the drawing. A casing 16rectangular in cross section is provided adjacent the ends 17 I of thetie and beneath the top plate 13 thereof, two parallel slots 18 beingarranged through the said plate 13' for effecting communication with thecasing 16, it being also noted that the door 19 ofthe casing isremovably retained in place by means of suitable screws 20. j

A floating platform 21 is positioned withinthe casing 16'being mountedupon the desired number of helical springs 22 positioned between theplatform 21 and the casing bot- The rail fastener 23 of theforni tom 19.illustrated in Fig. 5 is positioned within the casing 16 and is normallyseated with its base 2% flatly positioned upon the platform 21 and withperpendicularly arranged hook plates 25 carried adjacent the oppositeends of the base 2 1 slidably projecting through the afore-mentionedslots 18. The enlarged portions 26 of the hook plates 25 are'adapted tosubstantially fill the slots 18, while the outer faces 27 of said hookplate portions are upwardly and inwardly inclined which together withthe inner beveled edge 28 of the base 24: allows the rail fastener 23 tobe forced inwardly of the slots 18 upon a depression of the supportingplatform 21 and so-as to assume the disconnecting position asillustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawing. It is to beunderstood that the inner projecting ends 29 of the hook plates 24 arepositioned over the outer base flange 30 of the adjacent rail whendesired to retain the same in place, the springs 22 being utilized toresiliently maintain the platform 21 and the rail fastener 23 in itsengaged position with the rail, although the disengagement between thesaid members is readily effected in the manner above noted.

In assembling the elements, it will be seen that with the casing bottom19 removed and the platform 21 mounted thereon by means of the springs22, the rail fastener 23 may be positioned upon the platform 21 and thehook plates 25 thus readily projected through the slots 18 of themetallic tie 10 when the bottom 19 is secured in position by the screws20. The hook plates 25 are then readily depressed out of the way forallowing the rail 12 to be inserted beneath the in- Patented Nov. 30,1915.

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wardly arranged fingers 14 and then the fastener 23 is released whichallows .the hook plates 25 to engage the forward ends 29 thereof overthe outer base flange 30 of the rail. The release of the rail is alsoreadily accomplished by forcibly depressing the rail fastener 23 whichreleases the hook plates from the rail flange 30.

WVhile the form of the invention herein shown and described is what isbelieved to be the preferred embodiment thereof, itis nevertheless to beunderstood that minor changes may be made therein without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as set' forth in the appendedVVhatI claim as new is 1. In combination with a railway tie havingparallel slots through its upper face andadjacent the end thereof, acasing beneath the said slots, a removable bottom for the said casing, afloating platform within said casing resiliently mounted upon saidbottom, and a rail fastener freely positioned upon the saidplatform andhaving rail engaging means shiftably positioned through the said slots.

2. In combination with a railway tie having parallel slots through itsupper face and adjacent the end thereof, a casing beneath the saidslots, a removable bottom for the said easing, a floating platformwithin said casing resiliently mounted upon said bottom, abase seatedupon the said platform, hook plates perpendicularly mounted at theopposite ends of the said base and projecting through the said slots andhaving inwardly extending flange-engaging projecting ends, the said hookplates having their outer end portions beveled and the inner edge ofxthe said base being oppositely beveled.

3. In combination with a hollow metallic tie having parallel slotsadjacent the end thereof, outwardly extending flange-engaging fingerscarried by the said tie inwardly of and in alinement with the saidslots, a floating platform positioned beneath a the said slots, and arail fastener freely mounted upon the said platform and having inwardlyextending hook plates shiftably projecting through the said slots.

4. In combination with a hollow metallic tie having parallel slotsadjacent the end thereof, outwardly extending flange-engaging fingerscarried by the said tie inwardly of and in alinement with the saidslots, a floating platform positioned beneath the said slots, a railfastener freely .mounted upon the said platform and having inwardly eX-tending hook plates shiftably projecting.

through the said slots, and a rail positioned with its base flangesunderlying the said fingers and inwardly projecting ends of the saidhook plates, the said rail fastener being outwardly positioned anddepressed when out of engagement with the said flange.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK OGAREK.

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